Importers of HS 2008.99 (avocados) from Brazil actually paid 6.43% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 2.24% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 10.6¢/kg. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 6.69% → 6.43%, with the largest single step -40pp in 2025-11. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 6.43% against an HTS base of 10.6¢/kg. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2008.99", origin: "Brazil") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2008.99. The schedule base rate is 10.6¢/kg; importers from Brazil actually paid 6.43% on the dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 6.69% (2023-07) → 6.43% (2026-06), largest single step -40pp in 2025-11.
Brazil's lower duty (2.24% vs 34.9%) lets it price up to 31.9% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $1.71/kg vs $3.85/kg (duty in, freight out).
8 Chapter-99 measures name Brazil; scope mapping is partial (several annexes are PDFs) — absence never means exemption. They do not sum, and some are product-specific — the collected rate above is the composed truth.
All goods from Brazil · the whole tariff ledger · 6 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "2008.99", origin: "Brazil") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.